Strategy 5. We will develop infrastructure to support robust technology integration across the organization and all curricula.

• Implement and support 21st Century technologies to enrich the curriculum, support administrative functions and improve communication
  • Examples of what many teachers/staff currently do:
    • Digital Storytelling: PhotoStory, Animoto, MovieMaker
    • Blogs and wikis
    • Glogster virtual posters
    • Twitter
    • Streaming video
    • Distance Learning
  • What we can do:
    • offer E-editions of textbooks online and get software installed in labs and library
    • offer online workbooks through sites such as Quia
    • incorporate the use of smartphones for assignments/activities as well as organization
    • use sites like Moodle, TRACS, EdModo, and Blackboard for assignments, handouts, class discussions, and dropboxes for turning in assignments digitally.
    • take advantage of distance learning opportunities within district as well as across the nation and world.
    • skype (videoconferencing)
    • 3-D interactive worlds
    • use technology such as podcasts, vodcasts, etc. to allow students to download lectures and PowerPoints
    • labs with enough computers to fit entire classes
    • more laptops (COWS) or netbooks
• Implement and support 21st Century administrative function technologies
  • update gradebook/attendance/library catalog with student photos
  • wikis/Google Tools for departments to collaborate and organize meetings, etc.
• Implement and support 21st Century technologies to improve communication
  • What we can do:
    • promote the use of blogs, wikis, class websites, twitter, RSS feeds, etc. to communicate and collaborate with students, parents, and coworkers

• Provide the technology infrastructure to support individual student portfolios, personalized education plans, and student career/college readiness initiatives
  • provide opportunities for students to learn new technologies
    • create digital portfolios
    • use web 2.0 resources for assignments and projects
    • emphasize the use of technology to help students get organized
      • Google Apps, etc. for word processing, calendar, etc.
    • teach them technologies that will help them in college (ex: library databases, Blackboard/Moodle/TRACS)
• Ensure access to all technology resources by increasing operational network capacity, LAN/WAN bandwidth, Internet capacity and wireless access throughout the district
  • expand bandwidth
  • cloud computing, Google Apps
  • increase cell coverage so students and teachers can use smartphones for class
  • labs with enough computers to fit entire classes
  • more laptops (COWS) or netbooks
• Ensure/Allocate budgetary resources and implement operational procedures to increase access to technology for staff, students and parents.
  • What we can do:
    • provide teachers with a higher level of administrative rights than the students
    • apply for grants
    • offer more training for teachers
    • opportunities for teachers to go to TCEA conference in the Spring
      • those who go should share what they learned with other teachers
    • ensure that money spent on technology goes to teachers/staff who will use it
• Incorporate "Green" IT initiatives when implementing and upgrading all technology.
  • online textbooks and workbooks
  • sites like Moodle and TRACS for assignments, handouts, and virtual dropboxes
  • dispose of old equipment appropriately (recycle when possible)